Details announced for lecture series

The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs has released plans for its 2021-22 Science and Arts Cafe lecture series, which will return to a live, in-person format after covid-19 restrictions resulted in an online series this past year.

The series is sponsored by Mid-America Science Museum.

This set of lectures will be held at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month in November and December and in February, March and April in the Creativity and Innovation Complex. The talks will also be broadcast on the school’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ARMathSciArts.

Each lecture will last about a half-hour, followed by an informal question-and-answer session. The topics are:

■ Nov. 2 — Climate Change: Problems and Solutions. Biology instructor Allyn Dodd will share key takeaways from a recent report on climate change and explain the mechanisms of natural as well as human-accelerated climate change, the ecological ramifications of the changing world, and potential solutions on the horizon.

■ Dec. 7 — Abstract Expressionism to Minimalism: 19501970 American Art. Art instructor Brad Wreyford will cover the seminal works of artists and highlight the changing cultural and commercial dynamics of the art world during the period.

■ Feb. 1 — The Good Men of Les Miserables. Humanities instructor Dr. Mary Leigh will lead the session and discussion on the musical theater production that asks viewer to consider what makes a man a good man.

■ March 1 — Interpreting Data and Simpson’s Paradox. Tracy Watson, mathematics instructor, will explore Simpson’s Paradox, in which trends for aggregated data are different from when a person looks at the data in subgroups.

■ April 5 — Maya Culture. Spanish instructor Fernanda Espinosa will lead the exploration